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Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka of Telangana High Court connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025) acceptable speech the selection of 1,032 candidates for Group-II services successful 13 categories made by the Telangana State Public Service Commission successful 2019.
Pronouncing verdict successful a batch of writ petitions filed by immoderate candidates who appeared for the recruitment trial for which notifications were issued successful 2015 and 2016, the justice directed the TGPSC to re-evaluate the reply sheets of the candidates and finalise the selection. The last results should beryllium successful accordance with the directions issued by the part seat of the HC successful a writ entreaty 1525 of 2018 and arsenic per the recommendations of the Technical Committee issued successful 2017.
The Commission should contented assignment orders to the eligible candidates wrong 8 weeks of receiving transcript of the verdict, the justice said. The seat besides directed the TGPSC to ‘ensure henceforth that valuation of OMR sheets successful each the recruitments was conducted successful strict conformity with the notified instructions. The justice made it wide that capable transparency measures, including carnal verification, videography and preservation of records were followed successful aboriginal to cheque recurrence of specified irregularities.
The Commission issued notification connected December 30, 2015 and different supplementary notification connected September 1, 2016 inviting applications for 1,032 posts. The written exam was held connected November 11 and 13 of 2016. The petitioners contended that OMR sheets utilized for the exam was divided into Part-A (personal details of candidate), Part-B (answers to 150 questions) and Part-C (requiring candidate’s sanction and signature).
With immoderate mismatches betwixt question booklet codes and the OMR reply sheets, the Commission constituted a Technical Committee which recovered that disorder arose among candidates owed to mistaken content among candidates and invigilators that question booklet fig indispensable correspond to OMR number. It recommended that portion insignificant mismatches successful Part-I tin beryllium condoned, the Commission indispensable not measure OMR reply sheets wherever candidates tampered Part-B by scratching, erasing oregon utilizing whiteners.
A azygous justice held that candidates who tampered with OMR sheets indispensable beryllium excluded from selection. Appeals were filed against this order. The part seat held that enactment should beryllium made arsenic per recommendations of the Technical Committee. Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka held that the Commission had violated the missive and tone of the part seat bid and acted beyond its lawful powers.
The justice said the inclusion of candidates, who had tampered with Part-B of OMR reply sheets was illegal, void and unconstitutional.
